Abitur

Bedeutung

final exams taken by pupils at the end of their secondary education in Germany and Finland

Geschlecht

Kastrieren

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[ˌabiˈtuːɐ̯]

Etymologie

Attested since the 1890s. A shortening of Abiturium n, itself short for Latin exāmen abiturium, from abituriō (“I wish to leave”), desiderative construction of abeō (“I leave, go off”). For more, see also Abiturient. Compare Physikum.

Sätze

Frings wuchs in Aachen auf und besuchte dort die Schule bis zum Abitur .

Frings grew up in Aachen and attended school there until graduating from high school.